Follow along and see how to draw a monkey in four steps. I drew this happy little guy using Pixia, an awesome and free drawing program for Windows. All the anime aside, its got a powerful pen/brush, bezier/spline curves, and layer system. Note, you\’ll have to click through to the full story to see the final result.
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First, sketch out your monkey. Give him big ears on the side of his head, not on top like a dog or cat.
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Second, black in the major lines. Trace each one using a spline or bezier curves and then stroke a line using the current brush and color.
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Step 3, using a flood fill tool to color in his head, ears, and mouth.
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Step 4, finally add some highlights and shadows to give him a 3-D effect.